NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the world's largest and most powerful space telescope.
UNITED STATES, — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the world's largest and most powerful space telescope, and Friday marked the second anniversary of the telescope's science operations.
With Friday marking its two-year anniversary, what better way to celebrate than with a new stellar image of the universe? photographed the two galaxies 326 million light-years away, surrounded by a blue haze of stars and gas. To talk about this new image and some of Webb's latest discoveries, 10TV spoke with NASA expert Jane Rigby.
Rigby said they are just getting started with the discoveries made from this telescope, but that the past two years have seen a flood of discoveries coming back.
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